The Senators fell to the Devils for their third straight loss

Jacob Markstrom, who stopped 34 shots, made several saves in the final minutes to secure the victory.

Tied 3-3 midway through the third period, the Devils (17-12-1) took the lead with just over seven minutes remaining. Arseny Gritsyuk fed Cody Glass for his fifth goal of the season. Glass defeated Lance Almerk with a wrist shot.

New Jersey took the lead four minutes in, allowing Paul Cotter to go solo on a Jordan Spence giveaway and tip a shot past Olmark, who finished with 28 saves.

The Senators (13-12-4) took advantage of a Brandon Dillon giveaway that allowed Dylan Cousins ​​to find Drake Betherson on the side of the crease for his second power-play goal of the game.

With two teams struggling to find the back of the net, the first period featured some much-needed offense, with the Senators and Devils tied for four goals.

Ottawa opened the scoring — just 96 seconds in — when Betherson grabbed a rebound on the power play and lofted it over Markstrom to open the scoring. New Jersey answered a few minutes later, as Simon Nemec stepped in a shot from the high slot and beat Almark.

The Senators briefly thought they had taken the lead, but a goal was ruled out for a kicking move. They did not take long to answer. On another power play, Tim Stozel hit his first home run to put Ottawa ahead in his first eight games. But once again, the Devils had an answer. Connor Brown found Gritsyuk and he lofted one past Ullmark to make it 2-2.

Devils: With just one goal in their last three games, the Devils were finally able to generate some offense.

Senators: Coming into the game, Ottawa was 3-for-16 on the power play through its last five games, but went 3-for-3 Tuesday.

Drake Betherson scored his 127th career goal and moved past Erik Karlsson and Tim Stutz for sole possession of 10th place on the Senators’ all-time list.

With the Devils leading 4-3, Markstrom made a big save on Jake Sanderson with four minutes remaining.

Devils: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.

Senators: Visit the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday.